| Show CONGRESS BEGINS The Short Session Commenced at Noon Yesterday An Adjournment Taken Till Today When tho Presidents Message Will be Sant InV In-V Opening Scenes WASHINGTON Dec 5Thera wore the usual scones at the opening of the Senate Floral tributes on the desks of senators were about evenly divided between Democrats Demo-crats and Republicans and more profuse than ever before The attendance was large numbering about seventy Vice President Morton called the Senate to order at noon The credentials or Mr Proctor of Vermont to fill Edmunds un expired term and for the new term from March 5 were presented and he took the oath of office ofce A committee was appointed to wait on the president to notify him that the Senate was ready to receive any communication which he might have to make and than took a recess till 1 pm Senator Chandler has prepared for introduction roduction probably today a bill suspending suspend-ing immigration except from North and South America for oneyear after March 1 On reassembling the committee reported that the president had no communication to make at present and the Senate adjourned journed for the day S HOUSE A beautiful crisp winter day ushered In the second session of tho Fiftysecond Congress Con-gress The galleries were well filled long before the hour of assambllng The scans on the floor was a lively one There were mingled condolences and congratulations among the members Democrats gathered on their side of the house and indulged in a love feast Handsome floral tributes adorned many desks Mr Springer of Illinois side was the center of attraction on that aideAs As the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of 12 Speaker Crisp assumed the speakers chair and rapped for order when blind Chaplain Milburn delivered a brief and Impressive prayer The roll call showed 221 members present A commit tea was appointed to join a like committee of the Senate to notify the president that the Houses was in session and ready to hear any communication that ha was prepared to make The following members electedto fill vacancies were sworn in McLorin of the Sixth Carolina Kildore of th Third Cali fornia Ohlingor of the Sixteenth Ohio Brown of the First Maryland Sipo of the Twentyfourth Pennsylvania The daily hour of meeting was fixed at noou Hooker of Mississippi introduced a bU to change the time of the meeting of Congress Con-gress to the first Monday in March after election which was referred A recess was then taken for 1 half hour On reassembling the committee announced an-nounced that the president would communicate com-municate with the House tomorrow Tna death of Representative E J McDonald of Now Jersey was announced and as a mark of respect the House adjourned |
